TRANSMISSION LINE CORRIDOR STUDIES
Planning Associates’ route alignment and corridor studies include both alignment alternatives and impact
analysis studies. Working within professional teams, our planners has contributed to studies of new
transmission line from seven to 200 miles in length and a seven-mile long utility rail spur.
Recently our planners worked on a study of proposed transmission lines (69-kV, 230-kV and 500-kV) across
ten counties in roles including assistant project manager, lead planner and assistant planner. Work included
coordinating field reconnaissance in an area the size of Rhode Island, enhancing the project review
methodology, extensive research and analysis, community outreach, land acquisition research and crafting the
template for seven applications to the state for site certification. Thousands of miles of alternative corridors and
then routes were established and analyzed with the goal of finding corridors and routes that minimized the
overall impact on the area, including homes and natural and cultural resources.
Planning Associates’ route alignment and corridor studies include both alignment alternatives and impact
analysis studies. Working within professional teams, our planners has contributed to studies of new
transmission line from seven to 200 miles in length and a seven-mile long utility rail spur.
Recently our planners worked on a study of proposed transmission lines (69-kV, 230-kV and 500-kV) across
ten counties in roles including assistant project manager, lead planner and assistant planner. Work included
coordinating field reconnaissance in an area the size of Rhode Island, enhancing the project review
methodology, extensive research and analysis, community outreach, land acquisition research and crafting the
template for seven applications to the state for site certification. Thousands of miles of alternative corridors and
then routes were established and analyzed with the goal of finding corridors and routes that minimized the
overall impact on the area, including homes and natural and cultural resources.
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CLARCONA TO CROWN POINT 69-kV ROUTING STUDY
Project Location: Orange County, Florida
Services Provided: Project manager for initial stages of a routing study for a 69-kV
transmission line to be constructed north of Orlando, Florida. Community outreach.
CENTRAL FLORIDA TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT
Project Location: Levy, Citrus, Marion, Sumter, Lake, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas,
Hillsborough and Polk Counties, Florida (1,600 square miles)
Project Description: This study involved transmission line corridors and routing
studies related to a proposed nuclear power plant in Levy County, Florida. Multiple
miles of alternatives were studied resulting in about 200 miles of transmission lines.
Services Provided: Roles included assistant project manager and lead planner for
the corridor study. Work included designing all study areas, identifying most of the
candidate corridors, coordinating field reconnaissance in an area the size of Rhode
Island, enhancing the project review methodology, extensive research and analysis,
community outreach, land acquisition research and crafting the text template for
seven applications to the state for site certification (these became chapters in an
overall application for the proposed nuclear power plant). Thousands of miles of
alternative corridors and then routes were established and analyzed with the goal of
finding corridors and routes for these proposed transmission lines that minimize
their overall impact on the area, including homes, and natural and cultural resources.
ALTERNATIVE TO FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CORRIDOR
Project Location: Lee and Collier Counties, Florida
Services Provided: On behalf of two large property owners, lead a team proposing
an alternative to a proposed 230-kV transmission line corridor in Lee and Collier
counties. Detailed analysis and extensive document production under very tight
submittal deadlines. Expert witness.
Project Location: Orange County, Florida
Services Provided: Project manager for initial stages of a routing study for a 69-kV
transmission line to be constructed north of Orlando, Florida. Community outreach.
CENTRAL FLORIDA TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT
Project Location: Levy, Citrus, Marion, Sumter, Lake, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas,
Hillsborough and Polk Counties, Florida (1,600 square miles)
Project Description: This study involved transmission line corridors and routing
studies related to a proposed nuclear power plant in Levy County, Florida. Multiple
miles of alternatives were studied resulting in about 200 miles of transmission lines.
Services Provided: Roles included assistant project manager and lead planner for
the corridor study. Work included designing all study areas, identifying most of the
candidate corridors, coordinating field reconnaissance in an area the size of Rhode
Island, enhancing the project review methodology, extensive research and analysis,
community outreach, land acquisition research and crafting the text template for
seven applications to the state for site certification (these became chapters in an
overall application for the proposed nuclear power plant). Thousands of miles of
alternative corridors and then routes were established and analyzed with the goal of
finding corridors and routes for these proposed transmission lines that minimize
their overall impact on the area, including homes, and natural and cultural resources.
ALTERNATIVE TO FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CORRIDOR
Project Location: Lee and Collier Counties, Florida
Services Provided: On behalf of two large property owners, lead a team proposing
an alternative to a proposed 230-kV transmission line corridor in Lee and Collier
counties. Detailed analysis and extensive document production under very tight
submittal deadlines. Expert witness.
Central FloridaProject
Central Florida Project
Clarcona to Crown Point
Central Florida Project
Project Size: 40 square miles
Project Location: Marion County, Florida
Services Provided: Developed the methodology, worked with a team, including a
Project included GIS analysis of environmental, land use, historical/archeological,
compatibility and real estate issues.
Project Location: Marion County, Florida
Services Provided: Developed the methodology, worked with a team, including a
Project included GIS analysis of environmental, land use, historical/archeological,
compatibility and real estate issues.
